Nanobots: Early Bots 3.0


Personal construction nanobots with smart automation, auto-defense, and quality support! Build, repair, and defend your factory with portable nanobots — no roboport network required! Features automated turret ammo delivery, quality-aware automation, combat modes, statistics, and performance optimizations. Factorio 2.1 adds quick Nano/Thermite switching and smarter ammo warnings. Supports Factorio 2.0 (5.8.x) and 2.1 (5.9.x), including Space Age.

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g Turret Ammo question

8 months ago

Great mod! I am wondering if I am doing something wrong tho, I see that the bots will refill turrets when they hit a certain set level of ammo, but is there a setting to fill a empty turret with ammo as soon as I place it down? Or is there a setting where when turrets are empty the nano bots will refill them? I have tried messing with the settings but I keep seeing empty turrets. Thanks for your hard work!

8 months ago

Thanks for the kind words!

The system should already fill empty turrets — the default threshold is 5, which means any turret with fewer than 5 rounds (including 0) triggers a refill. So freshly placed empty turrets are covered.

If you're seeing empty turrets not getting filled, here's a quick checklist:

  1. Press Alt+G — auto-defense must be enabled (you'll see a confirmation message)
  2. Press Alt+N — make sure the turrets are inside the green square (nanobot working area)
  3. Make sure you have compatible ammo in your inventory (not just in the nano-emitter slot — regular ammo like magazines, piercing rounds, etc.)
  4. The nano-emitter must be loaded with Nano Constructors (not termites)
  5. Check Settings → Per Player → Gun Turret Threshold — default "5" means refill when below 5 rounds

Also note: the system scans a few turrets per tick (default 5), so if you place a big blueprint with many turrets, it takes a few seconds to get to all of them. You can increase "Max Per Scan" in global settings to speed this up.

Also, many common questions are already covered on the FAQ page: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Nanobots3/faq

Let me know if it's still not working after checking these — I can help troubleshoot further!

8 months ago

Thanks so much for the very in-depth reply Ill check it out in my next play through!

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